FBI agents seize Choctaw housing agency records
Agents from the FBI and the Department of Housing and Urban Development seized records from the Choctaw Nation's housing authority, The Daily Oklahoman reports. The agents showed up to the...

Bush administration said to ignore trust fund
The Bush administration has failed to bring justice to Individual Indian Money (IIM) beneficiaries, a top New Mexico official said. Benny Shendo, Secretary of Indian Affairs, said Native Americans should...

Shadow Wolves training border guards overseas
The Shadow Wolves, an all-Native group of U.S. Customs officers, are training border guards in the former Soviet state of Moldova. The Shadow Wolves, who operate on the Tohono O'odham...

Rosebud Sioux Tribe's diabetes program honored
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota has received an award for its diabetes program. The program received the Indian Health Service Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Award for Excellence. The award...

Native gravesite not considered cemetery
A centuries-old skull of a Native man uncovered near Toronto, Ontario, is not protected under Canadian law because it is not considered a "cemetery." The Cemeteries Act prohibits the disturbance...

Passamquoddy Tribe asked to stop development
The Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine is running into opposition for plans to host a liquefied natural gas facility on its Pleasant Point Reservation. Tribal members voted in favor of the...

Bush rescinds protections for wildlife in forests
The Bush administration last week rescinded regulations aimed at protecting endangered or threatened species on federal forest land. The U.S. Forest Service is now allowed to approve road-building, logging or...

IHS barred non-partisan voter registration drive
The Indian Health Service barred employees from organizing a non-partisan voter registration drive in New Mexico, The Washington Post reports. Employees wanted to register colleagues, patients and family members. But...